Lucas Schickhardt (III.)

Lucas Schickhardt III. (Oil on canvas, 1641)

Lucas Schickhardt (born January 3, 1603 in Herrenberg , † September 24, 1651 in Stuttgart ) was a Württemberg Rentkammer expedition councilor. In his younger years he was a preceptor for a total of 16 years . He was a son of the cabinet maker of the same name , a younger brother of the later professor Wilhelm Schickard and a nephew of the master builder Heinrich Schickhardt and the theologian Philipp Schickhart .

Life

Lucas Schickhardt was the second surviving son of Lucas Schickhardt (II.) And his wife Margaretha geb. Gmelin. He was only born after the early death of his father. Like his older brother Wilhelm, he was sent to the monastery school in Bebenhausen , where his uncle Wilhelm Gmelin worked as a preceptor . By teaching Latin and the basics of other sciences, this school was an indispensable preparation for studying. Lucas Schickhardt then studied theology at the University of Tübingen .

Lucas Schickhardt graduated in 1622 and immediately afterwards became the private prefector of a young baron von Landaw. He served him as a companion on his travels through Europe. Lucas Schickhardt was very linguistically gifted and after learning the classical foreign languages ​​Latin, Greek and Hebrew during his studies, he learned French, Italian, Spanish and English while traveling. After a long period of travel, the two lived with the Hebraist David Clericus in Geneva .

Because of his knowledge of several foreign languages, after his return, at the end of 1626, he got into conversation as the ducal preceptor of the younger brother of Duke Eberhard III. , of Prince Friedrich . At this time Schickhardt settled in Stuttgart and married Agnes Neuheuser, a daughter of the administrator of the land writing , Dionysius Neuheuser. On November 11, 1627 he took over the position of the Preceptor. He accompanied the prince when he began his training at the Collegium illustre in Tübingen. Since the Thirty Years' War soon posed an increasing threat to Württemberg, the Duke sent the young Prince Friedrich abroad with his companion Lucas Schickhardt in 1630 for security reasons. Lucas Schickhardt stayed the longest in France (especially in Lyon , where the journey had to be interrupted because of the Prince's illness, and in Saumur , Angres and Paris, among others ). But he was also in Denmark for a long time, where they were accepted by King Christian IV - Frederick's uncle. In 1637 Schickhardt accompanied Friedrich to Vienna , where he tried to get Emperor Ferdinand II to return Württemberg to his brother.

Schickhardt was only able to return to Stuttgart in October 1638. His wife has since died of the plague . On January 15, 1639, he married Agnes Kettenacker (1621–1701), a daughter of the Stuttgart merchant and councilor Sebastian Kettenacker, who came from Riedlingen . He was appointed Rentkammer Expedition Council by the Duke. It was a very high position, as the Rent Chamber was the central state finance authority and administered the State Chamber property. It can be assumed that he was buried in the hospital cemetery. His widow married Magnus Hessenthaler (1621–1681), professor at the Collegium illustrious in Tübingen , in 1655 .

Lucas Schickhardt and his second wife Agnes born. Kettenacker nine children, five sons and two daughters survived him. Among them were:

• Johann Friedrich (born April 26, 1640; † March 31, 1694 in Ehningen), pastor
• Agnes (born February 27, 1642; † June 24, 1711, ⚭ 1666 pastor Wolfgang Heinold), poet
• Georg Heinrich (1651–1689), Vogt in Calw and Hirsau

Notes and individual references

1. ↑ date of birth after the funeral sermon; An earlier date is given in the family tree: November 2, 1601. - Thilo Dinkel: Die Familien Hiller und Schickard , p. 50
2. ↑ ^{a b} Thilo Dinkel: The Hiller and Schickard families , p. 47
3. ↑ H. Schmid-Schickhardt: Significant Relatives ... , p. 103
4. ^ H. Schmid-Schickhardt: Significant Relatives ... , pp. 103-107
5. ^ H. Schmid-Schickhardt: Significant Relatives ... , pp. 107/108

See also

• Schickhardt family

literature

Contemporary history document

• Johann Schüber: Funeral Sermon on September 27, 1651 (Württemberg State Library Stuttgart, Fam.Pr. 15195)

Newer literature

• Friedrich Seck: Wilhelm Schickard. Briefwechsel , Vol. 1, Stuttgart 2002, pp. 38–40
• Gerhard Raff: Lukas the teacher . In: "Stuttgarter Zeitung", September 22, 2001, p. 22
• Horst Schmid-Schickhardt : Important relatives around Heinrich Schickhardt , Baden-Baden: Schmid-Schickhardt 1999, pp. 103-109
• Thilo Dinkel: The Hiller and Schickard families . In: Martin Brecht (ed.): "God is my song of praise". Philipp Friedrich Hiller (1699–1769), the song poet of Württemberg Pietism , Metzingen: Ernst Franz 1999, ISBN 3-7722-0350-7 , pp. 44–62 and 204–211

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